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to: Randall Parker
from: John Cuccia
date: 2004-07-19 15:33:10
subject: Re: Migrate OE v5 to v6 across machines?

From: John Cuccia 

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:50:43 -0700, Randall Parker
 wrote:

>C:\winnt\profiles\\"Application
>Data"\Identities\\"Outlook
Express"\
>
>As the place whihc has a bunch of dbx files for news groups as well as
Folders.dbx
>and Inbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, Offline.dbx. Outbox.dbx, and Pop3uidl.dbx.
>
>So is one of them the address book? Or is that somewhere else entirely?

No, the address book is likely in
c:\winnt\loginaccountname\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book.

If it isn't, search for files with a .WAB extension.

>I want to move their in and out boxes and their address book and basic
settings.
>
>Do I need to import one file at a time?

No, point to the directory with all the dbx files.  You will be prompted
for which folders to import.

>I most want to move the address book.

Find the .WAB file.

>Are you telling me to physically move files over to the new machine with
Explorer or
>do everything from within OE?

You can do it from within OE.

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